{"product_id":"a-brave-and-cunning-prince-9781541600034","title":"A Brave and Cunning Prince","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary story of the Powhatan chief who waged a lifelong struggle to drive European settlers from his homeland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An accomplished work of scholarly detection... Swift, moving prose along a twisting storyline lends this brilliant book the feel of a mystery.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003e(starred)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the mid-sixteenth century, Spanish explorers in the Chesapeake Bay kidnapped an Indian child and took him back to Spain and subsequently to Mexico. The boy converted to Catholicism and after nearly a decade was able to return to his land with a group of Jesuits to establish a mission. Shortly after arriving, he organized a war party that killed them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the years that followed, Opechancanough (as the English called him), helped establish the most powerful chiefdom in the mid-Atlantic region. When English settlers founded Virginia in 1607, he fought tirelessly to drive them away, leading to a series of wars that spanned the next forty years—the first Anglo-Indian wars in America— and came close to destroying the colony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Brave and Cunning Prince\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to chronicle the life of this remarkable chief, exploring his early experiences of European society and his long struggle to save his people from conquest.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67866467467442,"sku":"9781541600034","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/9781541600034.jpg?v=1793574243","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/a-brave-and-cunning-prince-9781541600034","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}